ABSTRACT
The authors present a method for monitoring the environmental pressure from household consumption in line with the 12th Sustainable Development Goal (Responsible Consumption and Production). In addition to providing a country-specific per capita level of Material Footprint, the article investigates whether more differentiated monitoring is possible. If successful, this type of monitoring would enable policymakers to draft policies specifically for certain social groups by taking their preferences, limitations and lifestyle choices into account. Moreover, such monitoring would reveal how products, services, business models and policies affect the current environmental footprint of consumption.
